Make Ahead

Here's a bright and refreshing salad. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

This delicate cake can be prepared a day before serving. Try this easy orange sauce over ice cream, too.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

A new twist on the usual bean dip.

Serve these with a salad and some sausage for a hearty main course.

This recipe originally accompanied Smoked Chicken Salad on Toasted Corn Bread Triangles . The corn bread is great on its own, too.

This recipe originally accompanied Crown Roast of Pork with Apple and Pork Stuffing and Cider Gravy . Part of the terrific stuffing is used to fill the crown roast of pork, and the rest is baked alongside. But if you are making the stuffing to go with other meats, simply bake all of it in a shallow baking dish until a meat thermometer registers 155°F.

(COMPOSTA DI CILIEGE E ALBICOCCHE) Delicious with the Rice Pudding Cake or with biscotti or vanilla ice cream.

Jalapeño chilies give this a nice spicy kick. An accompaniment to Chicken Chili Verde .

These savory pastry packages are a fitting presentation for Oscar night - plus they're perfect with the ham. This recipe makes few extras for second helpings.

From Reading House innkeeper Rita Newell Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Homemade ravioli are made simple here with readily available gyoza wrappers (look for them in the refrigerated Asian section of your supermarket).

It's so easy to make these processor-quick biscuits ahead if you like. Then reheat, split and fill them with ice cream and berries just before serving.